different between loculus vs oculus

English

Etymology

Latin loculus

Noun

loculus (plural loculi)

1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
2. In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
3. (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
4. (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

Derived terms

• locular

References

• loculus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• loculus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• colulus, ullucos

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lo.ku.lus/, [????k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lo.ku.lus/, [?l??kulus]

Noun

loculus m (genitive locul?); second declension

1. A small place
2. coffin
3. manger, stall
4. purse, pocket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• locul?mentum
• locul?tus

Related terms

• locellus

Descendants

• Portuguese: lóculo

References

• loculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• loculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• loculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• loculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• loculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oculus (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k.j?l.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k.j?l.?s/
• Rhymes: -?kj?l?s

Noun

oculus (plural oculi)

1. (architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
   1. The central boss of a volute.
   2. An opening at the apex of a dome.

Translations

References

• “oculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “oculus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Alternative forms

• oclus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ok?elos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ók?-, *h?ek?- (“eye; to see”), probably through a later root *?k?elos. Cognates include Sanskrit ????? (ák?i), Ancient Greek ???? (ósse), Gothic ???????????????? (aug?), Old English ?a?e (English eye), Proto-Slavic *oko.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.ku.lus/, [??k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.ku.lus/, [???kulus]

Noun

oculus m (genitive ocul?); second declension

1. (literally, anatomy) eye

   Synonym: (Ecclesiastical Latin) palpebra
2. (transferred sense):
   1. sight, vision
   2. (poetic, literary) luminary of the sun and stars
   3. spot resembling an eye, such as on a peacock feather
   4. (botany):
      1. eye, bud, bourgeon
      2. bud, bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.
      3. great houseleek

         Synonym: aiz?um majus

3. (figuratively):
   1. principal ornament
   2. eye of the soul, mind's eye

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ocul?ri?rius
• ocul?re
• ocul?riter
• ocul?ta

Descendants

(See oclus for inherited Romance descendants)

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ocul?ri?rius
• ocul?re
• ocul?riter
• ocul?ta

Descendants

(See oclus for inherited Romance descendants)

References

• oculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• oculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• oculus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]